Spiraea miyabei
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Spiraea miyabei' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- S. silvestris Nakai
Other taxa in genus
- Spiraea alpina
- Spiraea arcuata
- Spiraea 'Arguta'
- Spiraea bella
- Spiraea betulifolia
- Spiraea × brachybotrys
- Spiraea calcicola
- Spiraea cana
- Spiraea canescens
- Spiraea cantoniensis
- Spiraea chamaedryfolia
- Spiraea chinensis
- Spiraea crenata
- Spiraea decumbens
- Spiraea douglasii
- Spiraea gemmata
- Spiraea henryi
- Spiraea hypericifolia
- Spiraea japonica
- Spiraea longigemmis
- Spiraea 'Margaritae'
- Spiraea media
- Spiraea mollifolia
- Spiraea myrtilloides
- Spiraea nipponica
- Spiraea prunifolia
- Spiraea rosthornii
- Spiraea salicifolia
- Spiraea × sanssouciana
- Spiraea sargentiana
- Spiraea thunbergii
- Spiraea tomentosa
- Spiraea trichocarpa
- Spiraea trilobata
- Spiraea × vanhouttei
- Spiraea veitchii
- Spiraea yunnanensis
A shrub to about 4 ft high; branches arching, angled, downy when young; winter-buds small, ovoid, with several scales. Leaves doubly serrate, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, acuminate, up to 3 in. long, downy on the midrib beneath. Flowers white, about 3⁄8 in. wide, borne in June in downy, flat-topped corymbs 11⁄2 to 21⁄2 in. wide, terminating short laterals from the previous season’s wood. Stamens much longer than the petals.
A native of Japan and Korea, with varieties in China by which it has long been represented in the Kew collection, probably from Wilson introductions. Neither these nor the typical state are of much ornamental value. The latest introduction is from South Korea, in 1982 (B.E. & C. 142).